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1 Strategies for Teaching Strings Fourth Edition Companion Website Video Content CLIP CONTENT 1 Sizing the Violin 2 Sizing the Viola 3 Sizing the Cello 4 Sizing the Bass 5 Upper String Instrument Shoulder Rest 6 Upper String Instrument Position Step 1 7 Upper String Instrument Position Step 2 8 Upper String Instrument Position Step 3 9 Upper String Instrument Position Step 4 10 Cello Instrument Position Step 1 11 Cello Instrument Position Step 2 12 Cello Instrument Position Step 3 13 Bass Instrument Position Sitting Step 1 14 Bass Instrument Position Sitting Step 2 15 Bass Instrument Position Sitting Step 3 16 Bass Instrument Position Sitting Step 4 17 Bass Instrument Position Standing Step 1 18 Bass Instrument Position Standing Step 2 19 Bass Instrument Position Standing Step 3

2 20 Grow and Inch 21 Puppet Shoulders 22 Front Half of the Chair 23 Rock n Roll 24 Upper String Rock n Roll 25 Zip & Step 26 Two-handed Lift 27 Feel the Platform 28 Nose/Bridge/Scroll 29 Statue of Liberty 30 The John Kendall Number Game 31 Shoulder & Neck T 32 Palms and Knees 33 Up & Light 34 Jack-in-the-Box 35 Three-Finger Check 36 Shuffle 37 Wite-Out Endpins 38 No Endpins First! 39 Upper String Left- hand Shape 40 Finding Our Elbows 41 Bass Left Arm and Wrist Alignment 42 Tunneling

3 43 Pizzicato Tunneling 44 Ridin the Rails 45 Doublin 46 Taps 47 Thumb Taps 48 Block Fingering 49 Square First Finger 50 Thumb Slides 51 Pull Aways 52 Strums 53 Geminiani Chord 54 Fingertip Fingering 55 Base Hand Knuckle Checks 56 Knuckle Knocks 57 Sodas and Fruits! 58 Dr. Scholl s Thumb House 59 Bass K Left-hand Shape 60 Bass Square Second Finger 61 Let s Play Football! 62 Upper String Pizzicato 63 Lower String Pizzicato 64 Descending Scales 65 Descending Melodies

4 66 Simple Double Stopping 67 Finger Bowing 68 Pencil Bowing 69 Straw Bowing 70 Spyglasses and Telescopes 71 Eyes Closed 72 Tap, Tap, Tap 73 Bow Paths 74 Thumb Rolls 75 Leaning in the Wind 76 Shelving! 77 Shoulders, Arms, and Tubes! 78 Instrument Tubing 79 Lift, Settle, Pull 80 Buddy Bowing 81 Swingin Out 82 Straws in the F Holes: Upper Strings 83 Bow Hand Shapes on the Go 84 Traveling Down the Road 85 Bass: Swingin to the Floor 86 Bass: Frog to the Floor 87 Bridge Rocking 88 Pencil Crossings

5 89 Rest Crossings 90 Pinched Bows 91 Doorknob 92 Bow Pivots 93 Hook and Pull 94 Connect the Hooks 95 Trill Slurs 96 Hooking for Slurs 97 Sliding Pitches 98 Rolling Pitches 99 Four-note Echoes 100 We Get to Play Out of Tune! 101 Goal Post Bowing 102 Lanes 103 Letting the Air Out 104 Rockin Bows 105 Circle Bowing 106 Bowing with Clips 107 Statue of Liberty 108 Balancing and Rubbing 109 Multiple Flexes 110 Two-handed Pulls 111 Springy Fingers

6 112 Pencil Inside of the Bow Tip 113 Miles Per Hour 114 Pounds 115 Down Equals Up 116 Finger Teeter-Totters 117 Variable Speed Crossings 118 Variable Place Crossings 119 Bridge Rocking to the Click 120 Tall Fingers/Short Fingers 121 Lift/Set/Settle/Teeter-Totter 122 All the Way Up, All the Way Down 123 Finding the Pinching Fingers 124 Pinch, Pull, Release 125 Pinch and Glide 126 Pizzicato Marteles 127 Finger Marteles 128 Balance Point Rub 129 To the Frog We Go 130 Balance Point Bounce 131 Bouncing All the Way 132 Heard But Not Seen 133 Multiple Bounces 134 Trampoline Bowing

7 135 Crunches 136 String Flying 137 Breathing While Playing 138 Cello: Backward Extensions 139 Cello: Forward Extensions 140 Add-A-Note 141 Tappin 142 Anchor and Slide 143 Anchor and Tap 144 Transport Finger Shifting 145 Sliding Between Strings 146 How Many Harmonics Can You Find? 147 Shifting While Tunneling 148 Shifting Geminiani Chords 149 One-finger Scales 150 One-finger Melodies 151 Paper Shifts 152 Tap and Shift 153 Shuttle Shifts 154 Melodies in Multiple Positions 155 Shifting Tunnels 156 Shifting Finger Patterns 157 Up and Over

8 158 Blowing While Shifting 159 Harmonic Shifting 160 Ski Shifts 161 Upper String Elbowing 162 Thumb in the Cradle 163 Upper String Vibrato Motions 164 At the Bout: Hand Vibrato 165 At the Bout: Arm Vibrato 166 The Slide 167 On the String 168 The Pivot 169 Lend A Helping Hand 170 Pivot and Bow 171 Back Down the String 172 Tissue Vibrato 173 Air Vibrato 174 Neighbor Bowing 175 Vibrato Harmonics 176 Movin Those Feet While Vibrating 177 Vibrating to the Click 178 Shakin 179 Flex Together 180 Lower String Elbow Vibrato

9 181 Upper String Neck Brushing 182 Lower String Side-saddle Vibrato 183 Scroll to the Wall Vibrato 184 Long to Short Note Vibrato 185 Arming Vibrato 186 Four-note Echoes 187 Wavy Bows 188 Hooked Staccato vs. Louré 189 Scaling Styles 190 Fingerboard Lanes 191 Ponticello vs. Sul Tasto 192 Hand Waving Tremolo 193 Loud Fz and Fp Tremolo 194 Alternating Arm to Hand Tremolo, Accented, and Fp Tremolo 195 Frog Collé 196 Pizzicato Collé 197 Lower-half Collé 198 Metronome Crossings 199 Foot Crossings 200 Slurred String Crossings 201 Trampoline Bounces 202 Add-A-Lift

10 203 Brush Strokes 204 Alternating On to Off 205 Bounces on the Board 206 Foot and Metronome Bounces 207 String Crossing Bounces 208 Scales Are A Bouncin 209 Advanced Sliding Between Strings 210 Finding Harmonics 211 Slides in One Bow 212 Tremolo Shifts 213 Octave Shifting 214 Whistle Shifting 215 Upper String Shifting Push Aways 216 Cleaning Shifts 217 Transport Shifts Practice Routine 218 Counting the Oscillations Counting the What? 219 Varying the Speed 220 Varying the Width 221 Fixin the Nanny Goat 222 Attack Stroke Vibrato 223 Parallel Motion Vibrato 224 Alternating Vibrato Types

11 225 Talking to Mastery 226 I Got Rhythm! 227 Recruitment Demo Music Story Large Group 228 Recruitment Demo Music Story Small Group 229 Recruitment Demo Music Story Teacher Alone 230 Students Demonstrating Instruments 231 Recruitment Questions & Conclusion 232 Recruitment Demo Hands On Teacher Alone 233 Recruitment Demo Hands On Large Trained Group 234 Recruitment Demo Audience Participation Large Group 235 Recruitment Demo Audience Participation Small Group 236 Recruitment Demo Audience Participation Teachers or Staff

12 Strategies for Teaching Strings Fourth Edition Companion Website Additional Resources Number Title 1 Check Lists for Planning a Recruiting Demonstration 2 Permission Slip 3 _Grade Orchestra's Parent 4 School String Program Begins 5 Agenda Parent Information Night 6 Orchestra Parent Info Night Sign In 7 Registration Form 8 Orchestra Rental Night Reminder 9 Letter To Retailers 10 Leit Motifs String Ranger 11 Music Story Script ** Note these additional resources are in PDF form

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